Bed.



N. R. BRADY.

BED.

APFLICATloN FILED JULY 7. |914.

LQQQ. Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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NICHOLAS R. BRADY, OF DTCI-IESS JUNCTION, NEW YORK.

BED.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2d, 1917.

Application filed july 7, 1914-. Serial No. 849,597.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, NICHOLAS R. BRADY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dutchess Junction, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Beds, of which the following is a speciiication.

rilhe general object of this invention is to reiine the construction of beds and the like in point of providing a bed of normal single size which may be readily converted into a three-quarter or full-size bed and vice versa. And to these ends the invention consists of a bed having laterally foldable head and foot boards, and further having foldable springs which may be folded or unfolded in conformity with the said head and foot boards.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is an end view of my improved bed fully extended.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bed folded, and having a portion broken away for the purpose Of clearness, and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the spring.

As shown in the drawings, the head and foot boards of the bedstead are indicated by 5 and are formed of the central, member 6 andthe supplementary or wing members 7 which are secured to the main member by the hinges 8, and 9 indicates the spring section which is formed of the central or main portion 10 and the wing portions 11 which are pivotally secured thereto, by suitable means such as by the bolts 12.

The head and foot boards are identical in structure, and if desired, the head may be made of greater height than the foot board as is frequent in bed construction. The boards 5 may be made of any suitable material, and for the purpose of illustration the same are shown of usual frame construction. It will be seen that the supplementary or wing portions 7 are approximately half the width of the central portion, therefore the side portions may be swung over and placed in a position such as shown in Fig. 2, when the bed is folded to a smaller size. It will also be noted here that the width of the central member corresponds to the width of a single sized bed and when the bed is folded as shown in F ig. 2, the same may be used as a single bed. The wing or side members may be swung independently of each other; and upon swinging one outwardly to its extended position the width of the bed may be increased one-quarter size, thus making a three-quarter bed, and obviously upon extending both side members a full-size bed may be had.

The spring section 9 is somewhat similar to the` usual spring sections and consists of a frame work 13 and a series of a. longitudinally arranged coil spring 14E, which are secured to the ends of the frame 18 and are in spaced relation with each other as shown. The frame 13 may be formed of angle iron as shown, and as before stated is formed so as to provide the central member 10 and the side or extension members 11, and manifestly, the central portion 10 is of a width corresponding to the central head and foot members, while the side portions 11 correspond in width to the side portions 7 of the head and'foot.

Adjacent to the location at which the extension portions are hinged to the main portion, the end pieces of the extension portions are cut away as indicated at 16; thus as the side or extension portions are swung upward to the open position, the end of this out away portion 16 will abut against the end 17 of the central frame 10, and so prevent the spring section from sagging or deiecting when the saine is extended. In order to support the spring section in position when the bed is set up the rods 18 are provided for connecting the head and foot boards in the usual manner. These rods are provided with the downwardly disposed studs or hooked ends 18 which are tted within the sockets 19 provided on the central portions 6 of the head and foot boards 5. Now, it will be obvious that when the boards 5 are reduced in width as shown in Fig. 2, the side members 11 of the. spring section will be swung downwardly, so that the spring may be reduced in width. However, upon the bed being extended to three-quarter or full size, the side portions of the spring will be extended in like manner, and for the purpose of supporting these side portions in position, the longitudinal ends of the frame are extended as indicated at 17, and are adapted to be iitted within suitable brackets or keepers 20 provided on the supplemental members 7 of the head and foot boards as shown.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 2 that the supplementary members of the rails 5 are so arranged as to be swung on the interior side of the central member; thus the spring may be replaced in position and the supplementary members will be prevented from swinging outwardly.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit` of my invention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claim.

TWhat I claim as new is In combination a board for a bed frame comprising an intermediate member with Side members hingedly connected with the intermediate member at the edges thereof and foldable against the intermediate member7 sockets mounted upon the intermediate member, brackets mounted at the free edges of the side members and spring sections pivotally connected together, the outer spring sections being cut away at their inner edges thereby forming shoulders adapted to abut against the side edges of the intermediate spring section when the said side sections are extended, the said sockets adapted to support the intermediate spring section, the outer spring section being provided with longitudinally disposed rails the ends of which project beyond the ends of the Said sections and the said projecting portions adapted to be received in the brackets mounted upon the said side members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NICHOLAS R. BRADY.

Witnesses:

MARGARET H. LAuoN'r, A. THEO. Morrrr.

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